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oftenthe Government(abbr govt) the group of people who rule or control a country 政府;内阁:
He has resigned from the Government.他已经退出内阁。The foreign governments involved are meeting in Geneva.有关的外国政府正在日内瓦举行会议。government policy/money/ministers政府的政策/款项/部长
In the singulargovernmentmay be followed by a singular or plural verb. We use a singular verb when we are thinking of the government as one single unit The Government welcomes the proposal.We use a plural verb when we are thinking about all the individual members of the government The Government are still discussing the problem.government 作单数时,后面可以跟单数或复数动词。政府作为一个机关就用单数动词:The Government welcomes the proposal. 政府对这个建议表示欢迎。指这个机关的所有成员就用复数动词:The Government are still discussing the problem. 政府还在讨论这个问题。各类型的政府包括共产主义(communist)政府、保守(conservative)政府、民主(democratic)政府、自由主义(liberal)政府、反动(reactionary)政府、社会主义(socialist)政府等。另有军(military)政府、临时(provisional)政府、中央(central)政府、联邦(federal)政府、联合(coalition)政府等。参看 local government 及 opposition。 Different types of government are:communist,conservative,democratic,liberal,reactionary,socialist, etc. A country or state may also have amilitary,provisional,centralorfederal,coalition, etc government. Look at local government and opposition. 治理;治理方式
2 [U] the activity or method of controlling a country 治理;治理方式:
weak/strong/corrupt government软弱的/强大的/腐败的政府Which party is in government ?目前哪个党在执政? ➔governmental /ˌgʌvnˈmentl ||; ˌgʌvɚnˈmɛntḷ/ adja governmental department 政府部门
different governmental systems不同的政体
government/ˋgʌvɚnmənt; ˈɡʌv$nmənt/n 1 [C usually singular 一般用单数 also + plural verbBrE 英国英语亦用复数动词] also 又作 Government the group of people who govern a country 政府: The Government is not doing enough. 政府做得不够。The Government have promised to increase public expenditure. 政府已承诺要增加公共支出。the Chinese government 中国政府a government official 政府官员He criticized government policy on the environment. 他批评政府的环境政策。THESAURUS 同类词democracy – a political system in which everyone can vote to choose the government, or a country that has this system 民主政体﹔民主国家republic – a country that has an elected government, and does not have a king or queen 共和国monarchy – a country that has a king or queen as the head of state, and which may or may not also have an elected government 君主国﹔君主制regime – a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of〔尤指未经公平选举的或你不赞同的〕政权: a brutal military regime 一个野蛮的军事政权dictatorship – a political system in which a dictator (=a leader who has complete power and who has not been elected) controls a country, or a country that has this system 专制﹐独裁﹔独裁国家totalitarian country/state etc – a country in which the government has complete control over everything 极权国家police state – a country where the government strictly controls people's freedom, for example to travel or to talk about politics 警察国家〔政府严格控制人民旅游或谈论政治等的自由的国家〕2 [U] the process of governing a country 治理﹐管理﹐统治: in government (=governing a country) 掌权﹐执政 when the Conservatives were in government 保守党执政时the fight for democratic government 为民主统治而战
governmentgovernmentgovernmentsnounoftenthe Governmentthe group of people who officially rule or control a country: The leaders of the European governments are meeting today in Brussels.grammarGovernment can be used with a singular or a plural verb: • The Government has failed to act. • The Government are discussing the problem.